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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01

EX-Goy. Pierce in Pioneer Press If
there is anything in Dakota people
should pray for it is deliverance from
the ''insolence of Office" Admission
will not entirely cure this, for the in-
tlated ofliceholder in a territory will be
the inflated officeholder in state if
he happens to get in, and unfortunate
ly such persons often succeed in OBJ
tanning the suffrage of people. But
in state there is some remedy.
There is impeachment, practically
denied in territory.
There is condemnation at the polls,
the crowning glory of republican
form of government.
There would be no government so
effective and so just as an absolute
monarchy, if the monarch were abso-
lutely just.
There is no government so mean as
that ruled by petty despot, who has
no conception of liberty and no idea
of moral responsibility.
The impression seems to prevail in
some quarters that the liberty of the
citizen, the guaranty of free speech,
the sacred privileges of American citi-
zenship are all denied to the unfortu-
nate residents of the territory. That
for some occult reason the people of
an unorganized state have no rights
which federal otiiceholder is bound
to respect. l pity the man, sincerely
and profoundly, who places this esti-
mate on those whom the chances of
life or the shifting sands of politics
have placed i'll power. He who takes
advantage of an accident to play the
tyrant, who violates law because he
can do so without personal peril, will
be lashed, naked, through the streets
in the good time coming. "The mills
of the Gods grind slow, but they grind
exceeding small. ~ The vengeance of
the people is sometimes tardy, often
delayed, but in the end as inevitable
as the Judgment Of God.
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The Farmers Review will print the
following summary review i'll this
weeks paper: Our reports now indi-
cate as expected that only late plant
ed corn has been materially benefited
by the recent rains. The average
yield Of winter wheat in the different
states, as shown by threshing returns
from our crop reporters, is as follows:
Sixteen Illinois counties, Is 3-s BUSH
els; ten Wisconsin counties, 16 7-10
bushels; ten Indiana counties, IA 2-5
bushels; thirteen Michigan counties,
II 1-6 bushels; thirteen Ohio counties,
Is S-13 bushels; eleven Missouri coun-
ties, 20 2-1l bushels, ana eleven Kan
sas counties, 13 II bushels. The
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01

Young. Wen In Dakota.

Springfield, Mass, Republican,: 1t 10
always matter of surprise to visitors
to Dakota to see so many young men
on the farms and in the towns of this
territory, and they are constrained to
inquire the meaning. It is very sim
pie problem, and means that the best
part of the life, energy and enterprise
of the states have been given to fill the
arteries and strengthen the sinews of
this young giant, Dakota. 1t means
that the young man Of push and brains
does not stay in the overcrowded, slow
moving eastern communities, but push
ed his way steadily to the front where
he is compelled to compete with the ac-
cumulated capital of ages, ands where
energy, enterprise and labor furnish the
start so much desired by the youth of
east. That is why eight-tenths of the
business men in Dakota towns are un-
der thirty years of age, and why they
have been termed all over the union.
"Dakota rustlers.' 1t is also one Of
the elements which will assure to Da-
kota 4 bright and prosperous future.
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1t will not be long before Dakota
will furnish summer resorts for the
outside world and our people will not
be compelled to go outside the terri
tory to pass the heated days. Big
Stone Lake is rapidly advancing to
the trout as a popular resort, and lead
ing citizens of the territory are becom-
ing interested in the development and
artificial finish of the same for great
summer sporting ground. Delegate
Clifford and family, who recently re-
turned from Big Stone, are quite en-
thusiastic over its charms. Park Ender-
ly, situated on the western shores, is
the most popular section just now, and
many summer cottages will be erected
early next spring. Among those who
have become interested in Park En-
derly are Delegate Clifford, of this
city; Judge Drake, Col. Plummer and
Mayor Skillman, of Aberdeen; Mayor
Ames, of Minneapolis; Gov. Mellette,
of Watertown, and Judge Bennett, of
Big Stone City.
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He Must swear Little.

Gen. Campbell of Scotland, Dak., of
whom SO many stories are told, has at
last joined the corps of the elect and
become an editor He has issued the
first number of The Investors Guide,
and starts out as follows: We ask you
to deal kindly with this first issue of
our paper: we know very well it will
not bear minute inspection. AS old
Simon Cameron said, the editor is not
zone of those literary cusses." Having
followed the soldering business for
about seventeen years after leaving
college, and not being allowed to use
the strong adjectives that are used in
breaking steers or drilling recruits, he
is considerably perplexed; having to
go to the dictionary very often to find
a substitute, he is very likely not to get
the exact word, but he is satisfied that
the farmer, laborlng man and mechanic
will understand him. So that we don't
care a d-n (there it goes agaiD about
you fellows who think you know more
than anybody else. II you do shoot,
our only defense will be to quote some
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01
A Common Cold

Is often the beginning of serious affec-
tions of the Throat, Bronchial Tubes,
and Lungs. Therefore, the importance
of early and effective treatment cannot
be ovcrcstimated. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral may always be relied upon for the
speedy cure OF Cold or Cough.
Last January was attacked with
severe Cold, which, by neglect and fire.
quent exposures, became worse, finally
settling on my lungs. A terrible cough
soon followed, accompanied by pains in
the chest, from which suffered intense
ly. After trying various remedies, with
out obtaining relief, commenced taking
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and was
Speedily Cured.
am satisfied that this remedy saved my
life.-Jno. Webster, Pawtucket, II. I.
I contracted a severe cold, which
suddenly developed into Pneumonia,
presenting dangerous and obstinate
symptoms. My physician ordered the
use of Ayers Cherry Pcctoral. His in
structions were followed, and the result
was rapid and permanent cure. -
II. E. Simpson, Rogers Prairie, Tex.
Two years ago suffered from severe
Cold, which settled OIL my Lungs. l con-
suited various physicians, and took the
medicines they prescribed, but received
only temporary relief. A friend induced
me to try Ayers Cherry Pcctoral. After
taking two bottles OF this medicine was
cured. Since then have given the Pee
toral to my children, and consider it
The Best Remedy
for Colds. Coughs, and all Throat and
Lung diseases, ever Nsed in my family.
Robert Vanderpool, Meadville, Pa.
Some time ago took a slight Cold.
which, being neglected, grew worse. and
settled on my Lungs. l had hacking
cough, and was very weak. Those who
knew me best considered my life to be
in great danger. I continued to suffer
until commenced using Ayers Cherry
Pcctoral. Less than ono bottle of this
valuable medicine cured me, and 1
feel that / owe the preservation of my
life to its curative powers. = Mrs. Ann
Lockwood, Akron, New York.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral is considered,
here, tho one great remedy for all diseases
of the throat and lungs, and is more
in demand than any other medicine OF its
class. s.-J. +. Roberts, Magnolia, Ark.
Ayers Cherry PeCt0ral,
Prepared by DR.. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell. Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, IS.
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Such il Life.

W. II. Phelps, II years of age. a broth
er Of Minister Phelps who represents
this country at the court of st. James,
earns his daily bread at Sioux Falls by
sewing in a tailor shop there. He was
once successful writer on the New
York Herald in the days of the elder
Bennett. Mr.. Phelps has visited every
state in the union, has done business in
fourteen states and im South America.
He is very eccentric and has not spoken
to any of the Phelps family for thirty
most noted in Vermont, and the
Sioux Falls member is a college gradu-
ate and highly educated
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01
The Acme of Success.

Dakota Bell: 'sYes,' said portly
man with patronizing wave of his
hand as he stood on the railroad station
platform, 81 am now interested in Da-
kota myself just bought farm for
my son, you know. consider that
there are phenomenal chances for a
young man in this territory. BY the
way, what is the most remarkable IN
stance you kown of young man doing
well financially in Dakota?" "Bill Hos.
letter done pretty well,'' said the small
man on coil Of barbed wire. ''Ah,
tell me about him. said the capitalist
as he rubbed his hands, ''I'll warrant
my son will do as well-how much did
Mr.. Hostetter make?" sixty thou
sand dollars" "Ah-um-sn snug little
sum. Farming, l suppose?' ooh, no,
Bill didn't farm it. He got elected
treasurer of the county and took the
funds and went to Canada"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01
The North Dakota division commit


tee met in Fargo last Friday and de-
cided to call a delegate convention in
Fargo on Tuesday, October 4, at noon,
in furtherance of the movement The
vote of representatives will be one
delegate for every hundred votes cast
for delegate to congress in the last
election, and one for every fraction of
one hundred and over all organized
counties to have one delegate. 1t is
recommended thai all county conven-
tions be held Saturday, October |, at ;
o'clock in the afternoon. The com
mittee request counties not named to
send delegates and it will be noticed
that among those not named are Fos-
ter, Barnes, Eddy, Wells, Burleigh,
KiGder, Morton, Stark, Dickey and
Logan In these it is alleged that but
little interest is taken in the move
ment.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01
average yield of spring wheat in the
different states is as follows: Seven

different states is as follows: Seven
teen counties in Iowa, l1a bushels;
seven counties in Minnesota, 10 II
bushels, and nine Nebraska counties,
10 10 bushels. The average yield of
oats in the different states, as shown
by the threshing returns from our re-
porters, is as follows: Eighteen Illinois
counties, 80 1-6 bushels; ten Wiscon-
sin counties, 81 4-5 bushels; ten Indi-
ana counties, 80 1-5 bushels; twelve
Michigan counties, 26 I'll bushels;
twelve Ohio counties, 80! bushels; elev-
en- Missouri counties, 36.l1 bushels;
twelve Kansas counties, 294 bushels;
twenty-five Iowa counties, 81 lO-l1
bushels; seven Minnesota counties, 81
II bushels, and nine Nebraska cOun-
ties, 20 2-5 bushels. The average con-
ditiOn of the corn crop in the states
reporting is us follows: Seventeen
counties in Illinois report an average
condition of the crop of 54.7 per cent;
ten counties in Wisconsin, 73 per cent:
ten counties in Indiana, 81 per cent
twelve counties in Michigan, 5S per
cent; thirteen counties in Ohio, 62.7
per cent; nine counties in Missouri,
70 per cent; nine counties in Kansas,
52.3 per cent; twenty-five Iowa coun-
ties 1877 per cent; nine Minnesota
counties, 10 per cent, and ten Nebras
ka counties, "a per cent. Pastures
are now doing well, and the prospect
for fall feed is consequently better.
No change to be noted regarding the
potato and apple crop.
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Will Not Come to Dakota.

Washington special: There is no
likelihood of the president going into
Dakota during his trip west. He has
not been specifically invited to any par
ticular locality. 1t is not probable that
lie considers the invitation of Gov.
Church to visit the whole territory as
specific as it should have been. 1t is
not unlike the invitation of the mayor
of Mandah, who said, practically:
''Grover, the fradom of the territory is
your'n. Now walk The president is
not able to visit localities according to
his will and pleasure, because he is linn
tied by time to certain places and dates.
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Encanspment Notes.

Huron Democrat: The encampment
of the D. N. G. will be held in this city
from September 1st to 9Th inclusive.
There will be two regiments of infantry
and one battery. The camp will be I'M
der the command of Col. NJ. w. Sheafe,
of Watertown. This will be one of the
largest gatherings of its kind ever
held in the territory. The encamp-
ment will be at the fair grounds. The
boys in blue will sleep in tents in true
soldier style. Gen. n. N. Tyner, Of
Fargo; Col. J. f. Elson, Col. |. W. Good
ner, Col. Huff and Capt. Crofoot, of
this city will have charge of the
grounds. The citizens of Huron are
doing their best to make the encamp-
ment /; success, and all anticipate Il
pleasant time
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01

Madison, Dakota, is just now enjoy
ing a real boom, and THE ADVOCATE
is pleased to note the fact. 1t is a
beautiful little city, but a few miles
from the noted Lake Madison and
Herman, and is very substantially
constructed The Leader Of last week
fairly bubbles over with enthusiasm,
and comes out rs a monster boom
sheet, profusely Illustrated and pro.
claiming the fact that Madison has
been designated division headquarters
of the Milwaukee railway and is one
of the best towns in Dakota.
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4 Typical Western Town.

Dakota Bell: Somebody has dis
the mountains in northern Idaho with
''houses and stores standing Just as they
were left when the mining excitement
died out, dishes on the tables, goods
piled on the counters, balls on the billi-
ard tables but not a human being in
sight 1t beats all how correspondents
will strike such a western town and
not have penetration enough to dis
cover that a circus is showing on some
vacant lot down by the creek.
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Strictly Tcmperatc at Home.

st Paul Globe: Griswold, the editor
of the Dell Rapids Exponent, was at
one time a waiter at the Merchants ho-
TEL st Paul. When he comes to the
Merchants now he invariably orders a
bottle of wine for,his dinner. He wants
to show the dining room force that even
a waiter has reason to hope for fame and
wealth, if he will only resolve to get
fbara.
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Mistaken Identity.

Flandrau Enterprise: 1t is very sell
dom that a country editor is taken for
an advance agent for minstrel show.
but such was the case with A. l.. Carter,
of the CANTON ADVOCATE, while he
was in town last Friday; and all be-
cause he had beardless face and wore
a silk hat.
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Just rs Sis Said,

Mr.. De Sickly has called upon Bobby's sis
ter, and is waiting for that young lady to
make her appearance. Bobby enters in the
meantime.
De Sickly, with grin-How de do, Bobbyi
Don't you know me? Come and tell me
what's my name.
Bobby-Well, sir, II it amt just as Sis said,
you haven't sense enough 10 know what your
name is. If you'll wait q minute Ill find out
for you. heard pa say he had you on the
list, so I guess he must know your name
Texas Siftings
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One Way of Expressinp II.

One Way of Expressing 1t.
Says Harper's Bazaar: "Our language is
singularly deficient; we have no word to
represent fiance or tiancee; my daughters
beau is old fashioned; my daughters young
man is very countrified; my daughters
lover is scarcely proper phrase; so we have
to beat about the bush unless we adopt the
French word" A Norristown youth doesn't
experience the difficulty complained of by
The Bazaar. He calls him "that measly dude
who's sweet on my sister," and lets it go at
that.-Norristown Herald
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THE DEpREDATING HEN.


OF all the things in nature that afflct the sons Of
men,
There is nothing that know of beats the depre.
dating hen;
II you see wild eyed woman firing brickbats
from the shed,
You can bet a hen has busted up her little flower
bed.
she matches,
8 And forty thousand cowboys couldn't keep her in
apen;
She was sent on earth to fret u.s. to excoriate the
lettuce;
She's thoro' going nuisance, is the depredating
hen.
threw brick and missed her, as she hustled out
my beans,
But Julius Cesar's statue was smashed to smith.
Greens;
I saw her digging rifle pits where I'd put my
pansies in,
I fired good sized rock and hit my hired man on
the shin.
She busts all bounds and shackles, she giggles
and she cackles,
She makes me say some earnest things haven't
time to pen.
1 never used bad language, but now I'm filled
with anguage.
Alas! I've broke the record, thro' that depredat-
ing hen.
But now thro' out my cabinet there floats pleas.
ant smell,
And the reason for that perfume isn't hard to
tell;
For when I rose this morning, saw my cabbage
bed a wreck,
caught that depredating hen and iercely wrung
her neck;
hear her fizz and crackle, no more she'll scratch
and cackle,
Or make my summer garden look like some
hyena's den,
She far too long has bossed me, she far too much
has cost me,
I'll eat at luncheon time today hundred dollar
hen. The Khan
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The Power of Svnnatbv

The Power of Sympathy.
First Councilman-You don't look WELL
Second Councilman-My wife's pet dog was
sick, and we was up all night with it. The
dog died this morning.
"What was the matters'
"The doctor said it was blood poisoned by
bad air."
"Well, well Are you goin' to get another
dog?'
eyes, I just sent for one."
"Let ME know when it comes I'll see that
the streets and alleys are kept clean in your
neighborhood even if have to vote money
for another policeman n-Omaha World
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The president of the W. CT. U. of
Dakota, Mrs. II. NJ. Barker, of Cham
berlain, is out with Il call for the state
convention of that organization to be
held in Huron on September 8, 10, H.,
II and l3.
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A Variation Of Hood.

remember, remember,
That boarding house forlorn.
The little window where the smell
OF hash came in at morn.
Imind the broken looking glass, sg
The mattress like rock,
The servant girl from County Clare,
Whose face would stop clock.
remember, remember,
The gutta percha hen
They used to serve as chick Of spring,
To thirteen hungry men.
We blasted it with dynamite,
We vexed its bones full sore,
In vain; twas served up fricaseed,
For two or three days more.
remember, remember,
The next rooms fendish wight,
Who practiced the b fiat cornet
From early morn till night
We stood his dreary ''Peek-a-boe,"
"Sweet Violets" and more;
But when he tried i've Never Speak"
We wallowed in his gore.
remember, remember,
The lengthy weekly bill,
Received by me with shudders and
The symptoms Of chill.
also call to mind the night,
When no one was about,
When into space dropped my trunk,
And through the dark skipped out.
Chicago Herald.
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CRYSTAL WELLS.

We construct the Crystal Well. 1t
combines all the qualities of a first
class well. 1t is the only method Of
tubing by which drainage of surface
water, cess pools, privies, barn yards,
ETC., is successfully prevented from
running into the well. Its cement
tubing is the neatest, cheapest and
most lasting ever invented. and gives
no bad taste to the water. Get one
and you will never dispense with it.
LARSON BROS,
Canton, Oak.
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The Newspaper Law.

Any person who has taken paper regularly
from the postofce, whether directed to him or not
or whether he has subscribed or not, is RESPONSE
bic for the payment.
The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers Or periodicals from the postoffce, or
removing and leaving it nncalled for is prima
face evidence of Intentional fraud.
If any person orders his paper discontinued, he
he must pay all arrearages, or the publishers may
lect the whole amount. whether the paper is taken
from the Office not.
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PrOVerbial Hard Luck.

Mitchell Republican: The newspa-
per mans hard luck is proyerbial. The
wife of a Minnesota editor eloped with
the Methodist preacher the other day,
and what breaks the editor up most is
the fact that she took his newspaper
mileage for her clergical paramour to
travel an
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-09-01
The Picnic.

A Texas poet sums up a picnic as follows:
Pies and sighs and flies,
Many an urchin whacked.
Trees and breeze and sneexe,
And many chestnut cracked.
Cakes and lakes and snakes,
Some water and sour looks.
Creams and screams and dreams,
And empty poeketbooks.
.-Exchanan
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A Labor Saver.

"Why, Tom, what on earth are you doing
with that dog?"
"Oh, this an idea have been working with
success for some time You see, just throw
myself in the water and the dog does the
swimming. It saves great deal of labor"
-Judua
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willing 20 Take Anything Else.

Hanging is too good for you," said a judge
to q condemned man. 81 know it is,n replied
the prisoner frankly; land il you can sug-
geet anything else, judge, You can't do it too
quick. k."-Drake's Magazine.
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Nursery
Millions

Shrnbbery, etc. Prices very low: No. l. Forest
Trees year old, $3.50 per 1,000 and everything
cheap. Order at erce by mail.
E, Maynard & Son. Beloit. la.
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lines from Dante's Inferno" or from
Pollock's .sCourse of Times" which
will show our readers where critics go
to when they die.
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PRETTY Near.

"Been any cases of sunstroke in town this
weekr he asked of the boy who was shining
his boots.
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''To be sure--the hymnal, you know; it's
made mp of verses by all the pastors of our
church. .n-Yenkers Gazette.
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a New Kind of "P..toraln paetrx.

"Are you fond of poetry, Mrs. Foepar9"
"Indeed am, Miss Pert; especially pastoral
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"Was some one almost overcome?'
ayes, sir See here. This is where me
mother hit me over the head with board,
and for three minutes I didn't know east
from west. guess that's the closest shave
anybody has had this week. Detroit Free
Press.
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poetry"
Pastoral poetry7 Have you volume Of
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and municipal paper handled, and
long time loans made at very low
ate of interest. Correspondence
With the proper officers solicited.